Tom Tietenberg, Lynne Lewis

Environmental Economics

The Essentials

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Environmental Economics: The Essentials offers a policy-oriented approach to the increasingly influential field of environmental economics that is based upon a solid foundation of economic theory and empirical research. This second edition provides updated data, new studies, and more international examples.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• 2. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 418
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 977g
• ISBN-13: 9781032689043
• ISBN-10: 1032689048
• Artikelnr.: 70151151

Autorenporträt

Tom Tietenberg is the Mitchell Family Professor of Economics Emeritus at Colby College, Maine, USA. Lynne Lewis is Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Colorado State University, Colorado, USA and Elmer W. Campbell Professor of Economics Emeritus at Bates College, Maine, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. An Overview of the Book. Acknowledgements. PART I: INTRODUCTION TO
THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS 1. Visions of the Future 2. The
Economic Approach: Property Rights, Externalities, and Environmental
Problems 3. Evaluating Trade-Offs: Benefit-Cost Analysis and Other
Decision-Making Metrics 4. Valuing the Environment: Methods 5. Economics of
Pollution Control: An Overview 6. Stationary-Source Local and Regional Air
Pollution PART II: CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 7. Climate
Change: The Nature of the Challenge 8. Climate Change: Carbon Pricing 9.
Transportation: Managing Congestion and Pollution 10. Climate Change:
Adaptation: Floods, Wildfires, and Water Scarcity 11. Water Pollution:
Managing Water Quality for Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans 12. Toxic Substances
and Environmental Justice 13. Sustainable Development: Meeting the
Challenge. Answers to Self-Test Exercises. Glossary. Index.